What gives you a "warm feeling" inside when playing?

I love the choices we can have for our sims. Granted with Sims 4 those choices are more than what Origin gives us because of mods, custom traits, jobs, CC etc. But I started playing with the first Sims game. Until Sims 3 each game got much better. Sims 4 is ok but I need to have mods so that the game has what it lacks from previous games in the franchise.